#ButtonBatterySafety Day of Action

May 2025

Check out all the fantastic ways our #T4CIP trainees showed up for our May #ButtonBatterySafety Day of Action! Can't wait to see what everyone will be doing for our October campaign.

T4CIP’s ninth Day of Action was on May 21, 2025 and focused on button battery safety. You can search #ButtonBatterySafety on X, Instagram, and LinkedIn to see some of the great posts from participants and partners.

In addition to in-person local events across the U.S., the May 2025 Day of Action had nearly 815,000 impressions from over 300 posts across social media.

T4CIP trainees were asked to promote #ButtonBatterySafety messages during a targeted Day of Action, but these materials are available to use year-round.

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Lead Topic Expert

Dr. Kris Jatana

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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Promotional Graphics

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A digital flyer promoting Button Battery Safety awareness with hashtag #ButtonBatterySafety, dated May 21, 2025. It includes instructions to download materials from T4CIP.org, participate in social media posts, attend a webinar at 1 p.m. ET, and join an X chat from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. It also provides social media handles for Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok, and features an image of two button batteries in the bottom right corner. The T4CIP logo, which stands for Trainees for Child Injury Prevention, is in the lower right corner.

Day of Action Graphic

An advertisement for a webinar titled #ButtonBatterySafety Webinar, hosted by Prevent Child Injury & Trainees for Child Injury Prevention, scheduled for May 21, 2025, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. The image features photos of four speakers: Dr. Kris Jatana, Dr. Gary Smith, Jonathan Midgett, PhD, and Trista Hamsmith, along with logos of T4CIP and Prevent Child Injury.

Webinar Graphic

Graphic promoting Child Injury Prevention awareness with hashtag #ButtonBatterySafety, featuring images of button batteries and logo of T4CIP, dated May 21, 2025.

X Chat Graphic

Event poster for #ButtonBatterySafety Day of Action with T4CIP logo, date May 21, 2025, time 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, featuring three button batteries and a speech bubble with the T4CIP logo and slogan.

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Alternative text and social media posts

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Social Media Graphics

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Poster with safety tips for keeping kids safe from button batteries at home. Tips include storing batteries out of sight and reach in a locked cabinet, only buying child-resistant packaging, opening products with tools, putting tape over both sides of dead batteries, and storing batteries in a locked container. The poster includes icons representing a lock, a shield with a child, a screwdriver, a trash bin, and a house outline. The poster promotes child injury prevention.
Informational poster advising parents to act quickly if their child swallows a button battery, including calling 911 or going to the emergency room, and to tell medical staff if a button battery is suspected.

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Dangers of button batteries

Infographic warning about button batteries in everyday items such as remote controls, games and toys, hearing aids, flameless candles, flashing shoes, clothing, or jewelry, musical greeting cards or books, key fobs, thermometers, and portable tracking devices, with a reminder to lock all loose batteries in a cabinet out of reach of children.
Illustration explaining what happens when a button battery is swallowed, showing the battery stuck in the esophagus and creating an electrical current that damages tissue.
Infographic titled "Know the warning signs" showing symptoms of swallowed button batteries in children, including throwing up, coughing or gagging, difficulty breathing, drooling or trouble swallowing, stomach or chest pain, and blue tongue with a note about blue dye release for safety, with an illustration of button batteries in the top right corner.

Warning signs

What to do if swallowed a button battery

Prevention starts at home

Infographic explaining the dangers of button batteries, including serious injury if swallowed within 2 hours and storage tips in a locked cabinet or box out of children's reach.
Guide for using honey to help a child who may have swallowed a button battery, including calling 911, giving honey in teaspoons, and seeking emergency care.

What happens when you swallow a button battery

Where button batteries are found

An informational graphic with a green and blue border. The text emphasizes the importance of storing button cell batteries safely, with a hashtag #ButtonBatterySafety and an icon of a button cell. The bottom right corner features the logo of T4CIP (Trainees for Child Injury Prevention).

Additional Outreach Materials

#ButtonBatterySafety Selfie Sign

An informational safety poster about storing button batteries safely, warning of serious injury if swallowed, with tips to keep batteries out of children's reach, and showing a small storage box and several button batteries.

Point of Sale Poster

Flyer for #ButtonBatterySafety Facebook chat event on May 21, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, hosted by T4CIP, with notes on promoting child injury prevention and participation instructions.

X Chat Questions

A safety card with green, white, and black colors providing instructions in case of button battery ingestion, including a QR code, a phone number for hotline, and the T4CIP logo for child injury prevention.

Button Battery Badge Buddy

#ButtonBatterySafety Webinar | Prevent Child Injury & T4CIP

This webinar is part of T4CIP's #ButtonBatterySafety Day of Action and Prevent Child Injury's Button Battery Safety Outreach Week. Learn about the fundamentals of button battery safety from experts:

  • Dr. Gary Smith (Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

  • Dr. Kris Jatana (Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

  • Jonathan Midgett, PhD (US CPSC)

  • Trista Hamsmith (Reese’s Purpose)